Description

Attractive berries :
Attractive Flowers:
Beneficial Insects:
Deer Resistant:
FACW – Usually occur in wetlands, but may occur in non-wetlands:
Flood Tolerant:
Herbaceous plant:
High Wildlife Value:
Loamy Soil – mostly silt, sand, some clay:
Moist Soil:
Native to Coastal Regions:
Native To Mountain Regions:
Native to Piedmont Regions:
OBL – Almost always occur in wetlands:
Occasionally wet soil (non-tidal):
Organic soil – high level of decayed leaves, bark:
Part-Full Shade (less than 4 hours):
Perennial:
Pollinator support:
Sandy soil, coarse texture:
Small Mammals:
Woodland flower:

Native Range: Eastern North America
Zone: 4 to 9
Height: 1.00 to 2.00 feet
Spread: 1.00 to 1.50 feet
Bloom Time: April to May
Bloom Description: Green/purple
Sun: Part shade to full shade
Water: Medium to wet
Maintenance: Medium
Suggested Use:

• Naturalize
• Rain Garden

Flower: Showy
Fruit: Showy
Tolerate:

• Heavy Shade
• Wet Soil
• Black Walnut

Best grown in fertile, medium to wet soil in part shade to full shade. Needs constantly moist soil rich in organic matter. Does poorly in heavy clay soils. Most plants in a colony will vanish by mid-summer (become dormant), but the mature, hermaphroditic flowering plant will produce a cluster of red berries in mid to late summer which becomes visible as the spathe withers. Best left undisturbed in the shady woodland garden, wild garden, or the native plant garden.